VfL Bochum vs FC St. Pauli

VfL Bochum and FC St. Pauli will meet in the Bundesliga for the first time since May 1997, when Bochum won 6-0. St. Pauli have not won any of their last five matches against Bochum in all competitions (D3 L2) with all five of these encounters taking place in the 2. Bundesliga between 2019 and 2021.

VfL Bochum have only won one of their last 19 Bundesliga home games against newly promoted side (D9 L9), winning 2-1 against Greuther Fürth in March 2022, when Bochum were also a promoted side. Since then, they drew three and lost two of such matches.

VfL Bochum are playing their worst Bundesliga season with six points after 16 games - in this millennium, only 1 FC Köln in 2017-18 (3) and Greuther Fürth in 2021-22 (4) have had fewer at this stage (The match against Union Berlin in December 2024 will be counted as a 1-1 draw until a final court decision is reached).

With 14 points after 16 games, FC St. Pauli are playing their joint-second worst Bundesliga season (1989-90 also 14 converted to three points per win) - only in 2001-02 did they have fewer points at this stage (7).

FC St. Pauli have won each of their last four games played on a Wednesday in the Bundesliga - including a 2001-02 victory against then reigning Intercontinental Cup champions FC Bayern. VfL Bochum, on the other hand, have lost each of their last six Bundesliga games on a Wednesday by an aggregate score of 3-16 goals.